two of them join us this morning, juno diaz and chris thile. welcome, and congratulations. >> thank you for having us. >> are you surprised? >> they gave us a little heads up, but then we're real surprised. >> and what does it mean? $500,000. >> well, the first thing that i thought, aside from i was sure that my band mates were pranking me. >> somebody made a mistake. >> this could still be part of the prank. they could have gotten >> i found out mark arthur office. they said you got a macarthur. >> you write about the experience. that's a common theme in literature. why is that so important to us? >> well i'm not sure how common it is. they have the top 100 books that americans should read. it has nothing to do with immigration. >> there are a lot of novelists of people coming to america. >> there is a lot of shifting worlds. for a lot of people, it strikes a chord. if you did not come from another country, the idea of how did you make a home somewhere new. is common to anyone going to college or shifting towns. it makes explicit. >> and being